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Red River breaches a dike, pouring water into a school campus

(29 Mar 2009) SHOTLIST Fargo, North Dakota 1. Pull out from tree trunk to building submerged in partly-frozen water with roof sticking out 2. Close of water on ground at campus of Oak Grove Lutheran school 3. Wide of muddy puddle 4. Pan of sandbags 5. Wide of building with flowing water in background 6. Various close-ups of trees with ice and water 7. Wide of flooded area with building and snow 8. Close up of sign reading: (English) "Lake Front 4 Sale" 9. Various of workers Moorhead, Minnesota 10. Wide of icy water and trees beyond bank 11. Sign in water reading: (English) "Please Do Not Enter" 12. Wide of house surrounded by snow and water 13. Close of tree trunks in water 14. Wide of street with "Road Closed" sign on barriers 15. Close of tree trunk in water 16. Various of trees, water and ice 17. Wide of house 18. Various of trees, water and ice 19. Pump engine 20. Various of stick indicating 43 foot (13.1 metres) water level STORYLINE: The bloated Red River briefly breached a dike early on Sunday, pouring water into a school campus in Fargo, North Dakota. Crews managed to largely contain the flooding to the campus of Oak Grove Lutheran, preventing more widespread damage in nearby areas. City crews, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the National Guard unsuccessfully tried to contain the rushing water to one building after a permanent flood wall panel at the school buckled around 1:30 am (0630GMT). The city had been bracing for a crest of up to 43 feet (13.1 metres) on Sunday, but instead the National Weather Service said on Saturday the river had peaked at 12:15 am (0515GMT) that day at 40.82 feet (12.4 metres). By early Sunday, the Red River, which forms the border between the US states of North Dakota and Minnesota, had dropped to 40.15 feet (12.2 metres), still more than 22 feet (6.7 metres) above flood stage. It's thought the river may fluctuate up to a foot (0.3 metres) and remain at dangerous levels for a week, meaning an agonising several days before people can relax. The city requested more volunteers to resume sandbagging on Sunday. Many were expected to turn out after church services in the heavily Lutheran city of more than 90-thousand residents. The mayor began his briefing on Sunday morning with a prayer. To prevent additional dike breaches, officials planned to begin dropping one-ton sandbags from helicopters on Sunday to deflect the violent current of the Red River and keep it from eroding vulnerable sections of the levees. The aerial effort also includes Air Force Predator drones used to watching water patterns from the air and help teams respond on the ground. It's the first time the drones have been used in a flood-fighting effort. Water already has forced hundreds of residents in the Fargo area from their homes and submerged basements and yards in an untold number of houses along the river. Emergency crews using boats had to rescue about 150 people from their homes in neighbouring communities in Minnesota, where about 20 percent of households in Moorhead had been urged to leave. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...